On Wed 6-Dec-06 6:24pm -0600, A.J.Mechelynck wrote:

> Bill McCarthy wrote:

>> (3) '0' and '<Home>' appear to be identical.  Does anyone
>>     see a difference?

> (3) Yes I do. Notice the one mentions "the same _text_
> column" and the other "the same _screen_ column". Hit 0 on
> a line starting with a hard tab, then jjjjj : Vim will try
> to keep the cursor in column 8 (except, of course, on
> lines shorter than 1 tab or 8 other characters). After
> <Home> or 1| it would try to keep the cursor in column 1
> (if possible: when the first character on a line is a hard
> tab the cursor will move temporarily to column 8).

Thanks Tony, that clears it up nicely.  Somehow I just
wasn't seeing the difference - I certainly see it now!

-- 
Best regards,
Bill


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